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100 Rupees No Date
| Issuer | Reserve Bank of India |
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| Year | 1996-2005 |
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| Size | 157 × 73 mm |
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| Obverse description | Intaglio portrait of Mahatma Gandhi at right, rendered in fine line engraving with the name inscription below; a large ornate guilloche underprint in blue-green occupies the centre, with the denomination numeral "100" in bold decorative lettering superimposed over it. The Ashoka Pillar emblem appears at lower left with the motto "Satyameva Jayate", while the Reserve Bank seal is positioned at lower right. The issuer's title in Hindi and English runs across the top, with the guarantee clause and promise-to-pay legend in both Hindi and English below. |
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| Obverse lettering | भारतीय रिजर्व बैंक RESERVE BANK OF INDIA केन्द्रीय सरकार द्वारा निर्देशित थत GUARANTEED BY THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT 100 एक सौ रुपये मैं धारक को I PROMISE TO एक सौ रुपये PAY THE BEARER अदा करने का THE SUM OF ONE वचन देता हूँ। HUNDRED RUPEES (Translation: Reserve Bank of India Reserve Bank of India Guaranteed by the Central Government I Promise to Pay the Bearer the Sum of Hundred Rupees) |
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Pick 91 spans three RBI governors — Rangarajan, Jalan, and Y.V. Reddy — across nearly a decade of issue, making it one of the more administratively complex entries in the modern Indian series. The plate letter system used here is a simple prefix tool for tracking printing batches, though the sheer number of signature and plate letter combinations documented for this single type reflects the scale of India's currency production demands during this period.
Rangarajan's tenure ended in 1997, Jalan's in 2003. Any note signed by Reddy therefore dates from the final years of the series before the ₹100 design was updated.